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- A 22-year-old Hampton man has been charged after an SUV slammed into a gas pump and ignited a fire Tuesday morning, police said. Cars slammed on brakes as off-duty police officer James Greenhow said he heard a bang and saw a sport utility vehicle cross three lanes of traffic before toppling a gas pump at the Shell gas station in the 10900 block of Warwick Boulevard about 8:10 a.m. "The vehicle immediately burst into flames," said Greenhow, who...

•Dayton Wiese: Ryan at Lowes (Gloucester) always goes the extra mile to help. We met him many years ago when he worked in paint and as he's worked his way through the store, he us currently the inside seasonal manager, we always go find him first no matter what we need. He is friendly, knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with, which are things you seldom find in a big-box store. •Marti Bryant: I am always encouraged by Holli and Ashleigh at Sunrise Donuts and Sweets in Gloucester.

YORK - York-Poquoson deputies have arrested a 39-year-old man and charged him with 14 offenses related to the fraudulent use of credit cards to purchase hundreds of dollars of gasoline at a York County gas station. Deputies arrested Moises Sanchez-Centeno, of Newport News, on Sept. 2 following a month-long investigation. Sanchez-Centeno has been charged with 11 counts of credit card theft, two counts of credit card fraud and one count of possessing two or more credit card numbers belonging to others.

By Robert Brauchle, rbrauchle@dailypress.com | 757-247-2827 | June 22, 2012

HAMPTON — Long before motorists begin stopping at Mercury Boulevard and Aberdeen Road for gas and deli sandwiches, a store full of furniture will need to move off of the property. Wes Hill, owner of Good Wood Furniture, said he has no plans to close permanently and instead will move to a new location, preferably on the Peninsula. This month the City Council approved a request by property owner Michael Allen to rezone a pair of residential parcels so they can be used for commercial purposes.

YORK - The York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office is investigating a break-in early Monday morning at a Raceway gas station in the Tabb area of York County. York Deputy Mike Russell said that when deputies arrived at the gas station in the 3900 block of Route 17, they found that the gas station convenience store's glass door had been smashed out. A review of surveillance video revealed that a male suspect entered the store and stole merchandise before fleeing on foot. The suspect is described as a white man in his late teens to early 20s, clean shaven with a thin build.

By Robert Brauchle, rbrauchle@dailypress.com | 757-247-2827 | June 14, 2012

HAMPTON — City Council members approved a Wawa gas station proposed for Mercury Boulevard and Aberdeen Road during a meeting that drew a standing-room-only crowd to the council's chambers on Wednesday evening. Council members voted 4-2 in approval with Councilman Donnie Tuck and Vice Mayor George Wallace dissenting. Councilman Joe Spencer did not attend the meeting. The proposed gas station and convenience store has drawn mixed reactions from neighbors in Aberdeen Gardens and along Greenwood Drive, and from small business owners near the project.

When Newport News police officer Brett Rodgers heard about the death of Vinnesha Hunter on July 9, it hit home. Hunter, 19, was killed in her Hampton home by a stray bullet that came from outside. Rodgers is the father of teenagers. "She wasn't doing anything wrong," he said. "She was in her home getting ready for her future — a totally innocent victim. " While the random death affected him and others throughout Hampton Roads, he didn't think he would come in contact with the case.

NEWPORT NEWS — Yovonda Bennafield testified Wednesday that she trusted a stranger to take her two sons to a park last month because she was naïve. "She was all nice and friendly to my kids," Bennafield said during a preliminary hearing in Newport News Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. "She introduced herself to my kids. She didn't seem like a bad person. " But Bennafield's naiveté was not the only reason for allowing the stranger to take her boys June 5, she testified.

NEWPORT NEWS — A Hampton man was found guilty Monday of bilking the government out of $298,000 by fraudulently using gas cards designed for a fleet of government-owned vehicles at Fort Monroe. After deliberating for about three hours, the jury found Lanaire E. White, 38, guilty of all 16 charges he faced: conspiracy to commit wire fraud; nine counts of wire fraud; theft of government property; unauthorized access to a device; and felon in possession of a firearm. Surveillance video shot in June 2010 showed White using cards to gas up several people's vehicles at a Hampton gas station.

The neat thing about science fiction is that eventually it stops being fiction. Two of my favorite sci-fi films grabbed me from the concept. The special effects, acting and everything else mattered not a bit. They had me from "Hello. " "Minority Report" is one, for its "pre-crime" concept of predicting people who will commit crimes and arresting them before they do. The other is "Demolition Man," where everyone is coded and GPS tracked so that if government ever needs to find someone, the computer finds him at a moment's notice.